How high up? The biggest UK bat - THe Noctule, thinks it is a Swift
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Posted 4 months ago #
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Not particularly high. Tree height, roughly.
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Mushroom shaped tragus? Would have to be a blow in from SW scotland
Posted 4 months ago # -
Daubenton wingspan 25cm maybe more likely
Posted 4 months ago # -
Daubenton's tends to feed over water, hence its nickname "the water bat".
Natterer's bat can have a wingspan up to 30cm according to the Bat Conservation Trust whch also asserts: "absent from the north Scottish mainland and the western and northern islands favouring our parks, large gardens and woodlands." [link]
(And if you're wondering who Messrs Daubenton and Natterer were, you can read about them here and here.)
Posted 4 months ago # -
Appparently the Noctule shouts four times louder than the legal limit for nightclubs. THe Leisler is another candidate.
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A skein of geese over Corstorphine Hill yesterday.
Posted 4 months ago # -
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"This project will significantly reduce debris entering the Water of Leith, supporting cleaner rivers and a healthier local environment for people and wildlife, including otters."“
Posted 1 month ago # -
Very dapper-looking dipper on the Braid Burn in Braidburn Valley Park on Saturday. And then again on Sunday, in the Hermitage (quite likely the same one). We've seen dippers in both locations before, but this was the first time since April 2024 (WoL and North Esk usually more reliable for dippers, which are one of our favourite birds).
Speaking of the WoL, we had a very good sighting of a stoat the previous weekend, in the scrubby field in the angle between the Lymphoy track and the track that leads to the Malleny Garden car park. Only the second time I've ever seen one. I actually registered it as a squirrel for a few seconds, until my brain clicked into gear and realised that it was moving far too sinuously for a squirrel, and it had a skinny tail with a black tuft on the end. It hung around for quite a while, leaping about between the tufts of rough grass next to the edge of the woodland beyond the field boundary.
Posted 1 month ago # -
As i came through the bridge at Harrison Park [west] five swans were landing almost filling the bridge. 50 metres away a 6th swan.
I like to feel the boroughmuir swan had repelled the wester hailes gang, Rooster Cogburn style.
The Boroughmuir swans are building their next [i fear they lost the three cygnets last year]
Posted 1 week ago #
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